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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in elearning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions have to consider today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational initiatives. Professors want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also studies the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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